Journal of Leisure Research

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Tourism: Principles, Practices, Philosophies. Third

Edition. By Robert W. Mcintosh and Shashikant
Gupta

Michael J. Ellerbrock

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Edition. By Robert W. Mcintosh and Shashikant Gupta, Journal of Leisure Research, 13:2, 178-179,
DOI: 10.1080/00222216.1981.11969480

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sons, though, the area of changing resources and services deserved far
greater depth than it received in the text.
Professionalism, the development and place of, is handled in a sepa-
rate section. This separate consideration seems warranted due to the tre-
mendous attention paid to the topic by the profession. The section is
adequate for spurring lively discussion among students who seem most
concerned about whether they are joining a "true profession" and what
it actually is that they are striving for by participating in leisure services
delivery._
In recent years, interest in research has blossomed within the profes-
sion. Deliberate concerns over the quantity and quality of leisure re-
search have been raised and brought to the forefront. I have mixed feel-
ings about this section of the text. I found it interesting that policy and
research were placed together to comprise one of four major sections of
the text. It is certainly not an unnatural partnership and perhaps my
mixed emotions stem from my biased interest in the area of research.
The chapters by Kelly and Noe were strong but there are other issues en-
compassing the development of leisure research which also could have
been included. On the other hand, my students tended to appreciate the
chapters discussing policy and an absence of belabored discussions on
research. Policy and research taken together provided a natural bridge
for the student soon to be practitioner and a strong concluding section.
This reviewer feels that this text is needed and should be well re-
ceived by educators and students alike. It definitely builds and improves
on the existing literature. Regarded scholars contribute to the qualitative
aspects of the text and can be counted upon to win the text a respectable
reputation within the profession. I found the text to be a formidable
challenge to seniors in their last semester's professional seminar. A word
of caution is advised, do not expect a compendium filled with definitive
answers. This is a text designed to provoke substantive questions and
lively discussion. Many gaps in the literature remain with regard to the
future. Companion discourse is a continuing requirement in order for
our profession to move more effectively into and through the 1980's.

DR. BARBARA A. HAWKINS, Leisure Research Consultant, Green-

wood, Indiana.

TOURISM: PRINCIPLES, PRACTICES, PHILOSOPHIES.

Third Edition. By Robert W. Mcintosh and Shashikant Gupta.
Columbus: Grid Publishing, Inc. 1980, 306 pp., .$19.95.

A treatise on the tourism industry of intellectual substance has ar-

rived in Mcintosh and Gupta's book. It is well written and covers a wide

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variety of topics, including some not discussed in other works on tour-
ism. The authors discuss the standard aspects of tourism contained in
Lundberg's The Tourist Business, and Pulsipher and Rosenow's Tour-
ism: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, i.e. sociology, cultural exchange,
psychology, marketing and promotion, macroeconomics, management,
planning, and industrial components. The book is distinguished by its
theoretical considerations and its treatment of international tourism.
Several specific topics are microeconomic theory, econometric demand
modeling, tax policy, income multiplier effects, medical problems, an-
thropography, and technical investment information. The authors are to
be commended for their understanding of some of the economic princi-
ples underlying tourism, as are Pulsipher and Rosenow, who insight-
fully advocate charging admission fees at public parks and facilities suf-
ficient to cover operation and maintenance costs.
The book's three main weaknesses are: (I) omission of the role of cur-
rency valuation in influencing foreign travel flows, (2) little mention of
the energy situation (covered by Pulsipher and Rosenow), and (3) limited
sectoral analysis (a strength of Lundberg's work). Like Lundberg's and
Pulsipher and Rosenow's books, Mcintosh and Gupta's book is far more
informative than Gunn's Tourism Planning, which is little more than
common sense and elementary principles of planning.
In sum, the work is an excellent survey of the complex phenomenon
of tourism. It is particularly appropriate for academic use.

MICHAEL J. ELLERBROCK, Department of Recreation and Park

Administration, Clemson University.

ESSENTIALS OF RECREATIONAL SERVICES. By J. S.

Shivers. Philadelphia: Lea and Febiger, 1978, 348 pp? $12.50.

This book, by the author's own admission, is "an intensely prag-

matic text." Descriptive in nature, the text is very informative and with
insight and clarity addresses issues and problems relevant to recreation
services. The author is accurate when he states that "the text offers sig-
nificant information for learning and performance." The strength of
this work is that it deals with the practical aspects of problem identifica-
tion and problem solving as they relate to issues and tasks facing practi-
tioners today. Therefore, the text has value for the professional and stu-
dent alike. Essentials of Recreation Services is written in a straightforward
and purposeful manner, making it more readable than most survey texts
of this nature.

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